Common Ground: Peter Bennetts

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The Italian pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

The Italian pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Common Ground banner inside the Arsenale.

Common Ground banner inside the Arsenale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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The Norman Foster-designed Gateway installation at the entrance to the Corderie Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

The Norman Foster-designed Gateway installation at the entrance to the Corderie Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Timber-framed drawings and plans by Jose Rafael Moneo for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Timber-framed drawings and plans by Jose Rafael Moneo for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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<em>Vessel</em> by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Vessel by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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<em>Vessel</em> by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Vessel by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

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Anupama Kundoo’s 1:1 scale replica of sections from her Wall House.

Anupama Kundoo’s 1:1 scale replica of sections from her Wall House. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Foam models by Herzog & de Meuron for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Foam models by Herzog & de Meuron for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Floating "moments" from prior projects accompanied Zaha Hadid’s <em>Arum</em> sculpture for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Floating “moments” from prior projects accompanied Zaha Hadid’s Arum sculpture for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Zaha Hadid’s <em>Arum</em> sculpture for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Zaha Hadid’s Arum sculpture for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Cafe at the Arsenale at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Cafe at the Arsenale at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Photographer Peter Bennetts sends some of his favourite moments from the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

The Norman Foster-designed Gateway installation at the entrance to the Corderie Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale.  Image:  Peter Bennetts
Timber-framed drawings and plans by Jose Rafael Moneo for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.  Image:  Peter Bennetts
Foam models by Herzog & de Meuron for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.  Image:  Peter Bennetts
Zaha Hadid’s Arum sculpture for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.  Image:  Peter Bennetts
Floating “moments” from prior projects accompanied Zaha Hadid’s Arum sculpture for the Common Ground exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.  Image:  Peter Bennetts

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